Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP, Real Estate

About

Provided by Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP

Our UK wide real estate practice comprises 23 partners, 52 lawyers and is consistently recognised as a market leader by the leading independent legal directories. Our expert team of lawyers is supported by specialists in planning, construction, property litigation, corporate, finance, tax and restructuring.

We act for a diverse client base including property companies, real estate funds, developers, housebuilders, retailers, energy companies, high net worth individuals, pension funds, investment trusts, retail and investment banks, professional practices and universities.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Scotland

What the Team is Known For

Shepherd and Wedderburn offers high-quality advice to a wide variety of clients, including financial institutions, house builders and developers. The team handles a range of transactional matters for well-known investors, as well as assisting them with ongoing asset management. The team also handles property work for a number of household-name retailers.

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Work Highlights

Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for Parabola on the conditional sale of a development site at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh to AEG.

Strengths

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The Shepherd and Wedderburn team is sensible, pragmatic and easy to work with.

Real Estate respondent
UK

Shepherd and Wedderburn are well coordinated. They work efficiently as a team.

Real Estate respondent
UK

Shepherd and Wedderburn houses market-leading expertise. The team has wide resources and is always able to deliver.

Real Estate respondent
UK

The Shepherd and Wedderburn team is sensible, pragmatic and easy to work with.

Real Estate respondent
UK

Shepherd and Wedderburn are well coordinated. They work efficiently as a team.

Real Estate respondent
UK

Shepherd and Wedderburn houses market-leading expertise. The team has wide resources and is always able to deliver.

Real Estate respondent
UK

Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Hall

Band 2

Andrew Hall co-heads the real estate department at Shepherd and Wedderburn. He is renowned for his experience in commercial and residential property development, representing both landowners and house builders.

He is well known for his housebuilding and development work.

Andrew is very practical and easy to deal with.

Andrew is the go-to person for housebuilding in Scotland.

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David Mitchell

Head of Real Estate

Band 2

David Mitchell co-heads the real estate department at Shepherd and Wedderburn. His commercial property practice encompasses both development and investment work for an impressive blue-chip client base. He has notable experience in matters relating to retail and leisure-related property.

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Scott Ritchie

Band 3

Scott Ritchie has a strong commercial real estate practice with experience acting on high-level investment acquisitions and disposals. He also assists with development matters, including student accommodation and infrastructure projects.

Scott is very pragmatic and approachable. He thinks outside of the box and looks for solutions constantly.

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Caroline Shand

Band 5

Caroline Shand has particular expertise in institutional investment, commercial development and property finance-related work. She assists a range of investors and lenders, handling some cross-border portfolio investment and finance matters on the Scottish side.

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